Kawaguchi vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$519	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	594K	2.6M

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 9% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4951st and 4534th ($1081 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 653rd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Taipei

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	Kawaguchi	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581